{"id":2424,"date":"2022-06-08T20:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T01:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2022-06-08T20:16:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T01:16:52","slug":"texas-court-allows-mother-to-travel-internationally-with-the-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-allows-mother-to-travel-internationally-with-the-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court Allows Mother to Travel Internationally with the Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1893 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-1183307633-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-1183307633-300x169\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-1183307633-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-1183307633-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-1183307633-213x120.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-1183307633.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Generally, when a parent wants to modify the parent-child relationship over the objection of the other parent, they must show the court that there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances and that the modification is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Often, modifications address major issues, such as where the child lives or the amount of child support. Modifications can address a variety of issues, however, including things like which parent makes medical or education decisions or whether a parent can travel with the child.<\/p>\n<p>A father <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fifth-court-of-appeals\/2022-05-21-00109-cv.pdf?ts=1653050577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently<\/a> challenged a court order allowing a mother to travel internationally with the child.\u00a0 According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the parents were named joint managing conservators of the child when they divorced in 2017.\u00a0 The mother was granted primary custody.\u00a0 The following year, the mother petitioned for a modification, requesting the right to get a passport for the child and take her to visit her maternal grandfather in The Gambia.\u00a0 The father objected and the trial court denied the request.<\/p>\n<h3>Mother Leaves Child with Relative During International Trip<\/h3>\n<p>The mother went to see her parents in The Gambia in July 2019.\u00a0 She testified the father did not respond when she notified him she planned to travel, so she left the child with an aunt in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-allows-mother-to-travel-internationally-with-the-child\/#more-2424\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, when a parent wants to modify the parent-child relationship over the objection of the other parent, they must show the court that there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances and that the modification is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Often, modifications address major issues, such as where the child lives or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,162,258,25],"tags":[525,300,524,523,81,301,522,83,469],"class_list":["post-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-custody","category-coparenting","category-modification","category-parental-rights","tag-abduction","tag-father","tag-hague","tag-international","tag-modification","tag-mother","tag-passport","tag-possession","tag-travel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Court Allows Mother to Travel Internationally with the Child &#8212; 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